Maybe with a massive cpu? Analog switch Ic’s are pretty usefull too, my dad used them to built me a 10 input RGB scart switcher. It uses a microcontroller to control the analog switch chips. Relays are pretty cool, they used to control lifts and these old lift controllers are quite epic.
At this point, for this many vca's you could almost just use an fpga programmed as just a ton of buffered/controllable vcas. Might be worth looking into.
You need a second channel. Look Mum A Computer . Where you can show all the stuff you do on the computer for these projects. Like the CAD for yoru 3D prints, and your Arduino programs. :)
Hi, LMNC. I'm the person who made that Rez ROM you're using. If you have ideas for any kind of custom software for the Gameboys, hit me up and I'll see if I can code something together. Aside from the creative side of things, there's a more practical thing I've been thinking about with your MegaMachine. How do you update all the cartridges? If you're interested, I can look into making something that updates them through the serial port so you don't have to flash them manually. There would be a little bootstrap on every ROM that you can trigger when starting the machine, and then all the carts would simultaneously listen to incoming data on the link port and write it to the flashcart.
@@mirabilis I was just referring to the final audio output compression. In other words what you are hearing. I see what you mean though. It is kind of dumb to call it 4 bit just because of the output, when the signal is generated in 8...
The way that you have extended upon your original idea has blown my mind... and by the looks of your video, it has also blown yours on numerous occasions. Amazing stuff Sam.
That pitchbending around the 14min mark is so beautiful I felt shivers down my back, can't wait to hear the actual thing when every single row is working and polyphonic
that would be cool! did reach out last year, maybe ill bug him again haha. maybe worth waiting till this machine is done mind! as the marble machine x is rather incredible!!!!
Amazing. What really impresses me isn't so much that you could do all the engineering to put the thing together, but that you had the vision to know that it would sound cool in the first place.
What a legend, music and engineering my two favorites. I'm watching this as I wait for my 3D printer to print some parts I need for my final project in robotics and automation. Wish you the best, can't wait to see what this evolves into. Cheers from Canada.
Out of this world cool.Getting tired just watching your work and effort ,i am sooo impressed and then you make real good music out of these different machinebuilds.BRAVO, standing ovations from Sweden!
LMNC: "The Furby Organ nearly killed me" Also LMNC: "Here is a 50 Gameboy Megamachine with 100 VCAs, controllable backlights, and additional drum machine"
It’s cool watching your builds get cleaner over the years! I’m sure they’re getting more reliable too. When you said you wanted continuous control over a and b send I thought to myself “oh no, he’s actually going to hand build - a hundred VCAs” - but i’m glad you found chips for that. This synth will be in a museum some day after you’ve died from some dodgy old capacitor discharging!
So much work went into making that thing man, I applaud your engineering skills brother, that couldn't have been easy putting it all together like that. You continue to blow me away with your frankensynths just amazing.
Martin Molin is a mechanical mastermind. If those two contributed to a joint project they might produce a synthesizer accordion that shoots laser beams and makes tea. But to be fair, both Wintergatan and LMNC are more than just the front men.
Yer a madman, but I love you. Taking the VCA approach after thinking of relays is exactly how I thought of doing it - the relay thing seems natural until you get into detail on why you are doing this. Congratulations on getting this monster running.
I've always been into DIY-music all my life but you've definitely inspired me to do it more. Fingers crossed I'll see you in Stockholm this November! Greetings from Sweden! :)
I'm currently building a "Baby 16" sequencer where i borrowed many of your sequencer construction techniques you showed a while back, which is plenty of wires everywhere enough for me. But this is piling on the complexity. You're so brave! 100 vcas my goodness. Simultaneously having panic attack/laughing crazily at it all. Love it. Get some rest though mate!
I thought that this project was absolutely frivolous -- then I heard the sound. Magnificent! Now I can hardly wait to hear it when it's completed. Brilliant! Gameboy Modular!!!
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER Oh wow, digital? I thought you were just going to route the circuitry to analog jacks in a convenient location when you mentioned the patchbay
Do not care what is in the video. I press Play. I press 👍. I get that administrative business out of the way. Then I settle down and enjoy the brilliance.
i'm loving the complexity and semi-unplanned style of this build 👍 i have a similar build style of just adding stuff till it does something, then figure out the details later :) if you need an extra pair of hands for soldering, let me know, i would be happy to help
On the upside you planned ahead to make it modular already. Having those plugs saved a lot of soldering in some areas. (Obviously there's still a lot, but not doing it to wires from awkward positions in the back of the unit as a whole.)
8:48 I know, to use one you first have to buy one (or know someone), but that would be so much faster with a laser cutter. And perhaps it would be easier to just add a light vertical backplate (behind the actual outer backplate which you hopefully also add later). It looks like there would still be space for that. Then you have much more surface area on which you can mount those boards. Of course, the backplate would block some of the Gameboys. You could put the backplate on the side and mount it with hinges on the side so it opens like a door.
how would you have solved this problem? out of curiosity! its interesting to hear different peoples approaches :).
I don't even know why i am here sir...
You're very brilliant. I bet you're fan of Led Zeppelin. :0).
Maybe with a massive cpu? Analog switch Ic’s are pretty usefull too, my dad used them to built me a 10 input RGB scart switcher. It uses a microcontroller to control the analog switch chips. Relays are pretty cool, they used to control lifts and these old lift controllers are quite epic.
At this point, for this many vca's you could almost just use an fpga programmed as just a ton of buffered/controllable vcas. Might be worth looking into.
@@dykodesigns but. Thats. A. C O M P U T E R.
You need a second channel. Look Mum A Computer . Where you can show all the stuff you do on the computer for these projects. Like the CAD for yoru 3D prints, and your Arduino programs. :)
Sam, you are the DaVinci of diodes, the Rembrandt of Resistors, the Botticelli of Boolean! I love love love this project! Wow!
Hi, LMNC. I'm the person who made that Rez ROM you're using. If you have ideas for any kind of custom software for the Gameboys, hit me up and I'll see if I can code something together. Aside from the creative side of things, there's a more practical thing I've been thinking about with your MegaMachine. How do you update all the cartridges? If you're interested, I can look into making something that updates them through the serial port so you don't have to flash them manually. There would be a little bootstrap on every ROM that you can trigger when starting the machine, and then all the carts would simultaneously listen to incoming data on the link port and write it to the flashcart.
just replied to your email mate!
Sorry can you say that again.
Lol you guys are on another planet. Respect
You're pretty crazy dude
fruit loop if you ask me, all be it a clever one
@@goodfodder yeah youre right :p
The guy is a pure genius, he's like a mad scientist of synthesizers!
you sure? have you seen his Ted talk?
He made an organ out of Furbies, this guy's at least a little bit off. An absolute genius, but a mad genius.
That thing already sounds sick! Can't wait to hear the full machine.
This project is an opus. Nostalgia and repurpose in 4 bit sound! Thanks for sharing your dreams realized. I'm impressed... as usual!
8-bit
@@benjaminizzo2551 Oh, so the NES is 7-bit then?
@@mirabilis
I was just referring to the final audio output compression. In other words what you are hearing. I see what you mean though. It is kind of dumb to call it 4 bit just because of the output, when the signal is generated in 8...
This machine is already a piece of art. I use LSDJ as my main instrument for many years, and I’m very excited to see the final result. Good luck!
I would need LSD just to understand all this…😂
The way that you have extended upon your original idea has blown my mind... and by the looks of your video, it has also blown yours on numerous occasions. Amazing stuff Sam.
That pitchbending around the 14min mark is so beautiful I felt shivers down my back, can't wait to hear the actual thing when every single row is working and polyphonic
You deserve a Nobel prize. Seriously. Wish I had 1% of your brains and craziness.
I love how this gimmicky project is genuinely becoming a technologically complex synth modelled after some of the most complex synths on the market.
Can you play the marble machine song with this? Maybe time for a collab with Wintergatan?
that would be cool! did reach out last year, maybe ill bug him again haha. maybe worth waiting till this machine is done mind! as the marble machine x is rather incredible!!!!
owain bestley This collaboration needs to happen.
But will it fit through your door like the original Marble Machine didn't?
Dan W or the furby organ 😂. You build something in a room it doesn’t cross your mind getting it out!
Amazing. What really impresses me isn't so much that you could do all the engineering to put the thing together, but that you had the vision to know that it would sound cool in the first place.
When you procrastinate so hard you make the most badass synth known to mankind.
i hate when that happens
Sick! You are already opened portal to another dimensions of sounds. Respect.
A seriously smart, practical and intelligent chap. Just wow.
This is the ultimate proof of "One can NEVER EVER have enough VCAs" :D :D
What a legend, music and engineering my two favorites. I'm watching this as I wait for my 3D printer to print some parts I need for my final project in robotics and automation. Wish you the best, can't wait to see what this evolves into. Cheers from Canada.
I already had respect for you, but, my god, my respect just got deeper. The work and BRAINS you put into this, wow!
Out of this world cool.Getting tired just watching your work and effort ,i am sooo impressed and then you make real good music out of these different machinebuilds.BRAVO, standing ovations from Sweden!
"it's pretty damn complicated"
yeah just a little bit
LMNC: "The Furby Organ nearly killed me"
Also LMNC: "Here is a 50 Gameboy Megamachine with 100 VCAs, controllable backlights, and additional drum machine"
It’s cool watching your builds get cleaner over the years! I’m sure they’re getting more reliable too. When you said you wanted continuous control over a and b send I thought to myself “oh no, he’s actually going to hand build - a hundred VCAs” - but i’m glad you found chips for that. This synth will be in a museum some day after you’ve died from some dodgy old capacitor discharging!
So much work went into making that thing man, I applaud your engineering skills brother, that couldn't have been easy putting it all together like that. You continue to blow me away with your frankensynths just amazing.
I don't watch your content often but when I do, i'm mind blown!
proof that you can never have enough VCAs.. amazing project, really fun to watch!
WHAT A DRONE, sounds like my dreams
you sound like my dreams hainbach
Your very welcome Sam. Its great to be part of such an awsome project. Well done, it already sounds and looks amazing.
Well, all of you deserve our thanks too.
From someone who is only watching and enjoying what is done here.
Dang, this vid came out while I was asleep, watched it first thing this morning. PCBs already sold out 😩
speaking of VCAs I'd be excited to see a basic discrete VCA project for your DIY series!
its on its way! ill be making a vid :)
You should colab with Wintergatan. Mix between mechanical and electronic weird machines would be so cool
Martin Molin is a mechanical mastermind. If those two contributed to a joint project they might produce a synthesizer accordion that shoots laser beams and makes tea.
But to be fair, both Wintergatan and LMNC are more than just the front men.
this would be incredible
Yes, and they can help each other overcomplicating their contraptions so that the build series will never finish - that would be awesome!
Came here to say this!
Im very glad this crazy idea actually sounds good.
0:19 That Gameboy in left corner looks kinda sick
Man the machine is starting to look so damn clean. Can't wait to see more, getting excited just thinking about what this behemoth will sound like.
Yer a madman, but I love you.
Taking the VCA approach after thinking of relays is exactly how I thought of doing it - the relay thing seems natural until you get into detail on why you are doing this.
Congratulations on getting this monster running.
Awesome! So excited to see the finished machine.
I've always been into DIY-music all my life but you've definitely inspired me to do it more.
Fingers crossed I'll see you in Stockholm this November! Greetings from Sweden! :)
This thing is crazy man! I would totally go to see you play this contraption, love the sound of the gameboy
I'm currently building a "Baby 16" sequencer where i borrowed many of your sequencer construction techniques you showed a while back, which is plenty of wires everywhere enough for me. But this is piling on the complexity. You're so brave! 100 vcas my goodness. Simultaneously having panic attack/laughing crazily at it all. Love it. Get some rest though mate!
I thought that this project was absolutely frivolous -- then I heard the sound. Magnificent! Now I can hardly wait to hear it when it's completed. Brilliant! Gameboy Modular!!!
This must the most over-engineered chiptune machine ever built and I love it
you think this is complicated.... wait till you see the digital patchbay for the analog circuitry in this haha
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER Oh wow, digital? I thought you were just going to route the circuitry to analog jacks in a convenient location when you mentioned the patchbay
I'd pay good money to watch this live in a heartbeat
That’s one Hell of a lot of Game Boys! Love your thinking!
This synth already sounds disgustingly massive. Cannot wait to hear the end result. Pure insanity.
Certified genius / mad man. Strike though as necessary. Love your work on this project.
I freaking love how it sounds...
I am stoked to see the end result.
crazy amount of stuff gone into this project .. amazing
Bravo, Sam. Seriously one of my favorite videos yet.
Absolutely brilliant piece of work !!
When this is done, I would love to see Andrew Huang to play with it.
i wouldnt
Mad synthesizer science.
Truly a MEGAMACHINE
what a knowledge you have build up, amazing!
Do not care what is in the video. I press Play. I press 👍. I get that administrative business out of the way. Then I settle down and enjoy the brilliance.
Wow, It's really coming along! This will be a beast when it's all together!
I love you Doctor Snuggles! The resonance sounds awesome!
You make me look at the Deckard's Dream PCBs and cry a little. So many components to solder!
That's ...... amazing!
Can't wait for the next instalment...
this is so cool, thank you, and keep it up!
Impressive! It has a good look going on, too. Well done!
this is going to be incredible!
genius level : black belt !
This project is so epic great job!
this sounds so SICK @ 13:50
You're a brilliant madman.
That's really next level. What a sound!
@13:30 - goddamn this sounds amazing! Ridley Scott should be calling you about the next Blade Runner soundtrack.
true art in progress occasionally sounds like getting power drilled in your head.
You sir are a genious. Looks and sounds awesome.
i'm loving the complexity and semi-unplanned style of this build 👍
i have a similar build style of just adding stuff till it does something, then figure out the details later :)
if you need an extra pair of hands for soldering, let me know, i would be happy to help
This... this starts to look very very very interesting
I was proud of myself when I modded my first few gameboys with backlights and a few other doodads. You have taken that from me.
Good advice to wait until the next day for testing and debugging.
On the upside you planned ahead to make it modular already. Having those plugs saved a lot of soldering in some areas. (Obviously there's still a lot, but not doing it to wires from awkward positions in the back of the unit as a whole.)
Been following since you started and it just keeps getting better. You are a true inspiration. Cheers from western Canada!
Wow!!!! True modern art!
Just wow Sam, what you are making are so fantastic amazing,you should have won a prize for it :)
This project is amazing
That is sheer madness! So far, so good!
Beautiful work!
get this guy a contract doing the music/sound design on the next big scifi cartoon for kids show
Mind blowing,,bravo to you sir.
Superb work
Sam, you are "pulling out all the stops" on this organ !
you are brilliant man
Wasnt sure what was going on - but it's awesome..!
Love your videos you're a great inspiration! Keep up the great work!
Amazing work!!!
WTF. That's the most amazing thing I've ever seen!
this made me smile, bravo!!!
8:48 I know, to use one you first have to buy one (or know someone), but that would be so much faster with a laser cutter.
And perhaps it would be easier to just add a light vertical backplate (behind the actual outer backplate which you hopefully also add later). It looks like there would still be space for that. Then you have much more surface area on which you can mount those boards.
Of course, the backplate would block some of the Gameboys. You could put the backplate on the side and mount it with hinges on the side so it opens like a door.
This is a work of art!
I hope when it is all linked up, you can play a nice song
Nice project
J Sluis I’m hoping so. It wasn’t very musical in this demo. But there are many parts to make it
Behringer is working on their knock off right now.
Looking forward to you inventing and manufacturing the next generation of synth one day :-)
Sounds wicked man!
wow that's a lot of cables!
I just bought tickets for your Stockholm gig in November! Beyond excited!!
Interesting program architecture
This. Is. Simply. Brutal! Thx so much :)